Time Trends (see Table 4.3.4.1) HighBirthWeightRate, Alberta, 1998 to 2007 Rate (per 100 live births) Year • ...WEIGHT The highbirthweightrate increased slightly from 1998 to 2000, and decreased ... 0 (per 100 live births). The rate of births 4, 500 grams or over (very highbirthweightbirths) showed a similar pattern, with a rate of 1.8 in 2007. • ALBERTA REPRODUCTIVE

> Figure 16: National Low and HighBirthWeights as a Percentage of Total Live Births (2000) LIVE BIRTHS (%) Low (<2, 500 g) High (>4, 000 g) Canadians First Nations Source: A Statistical Profile on the Health of First Nations in Canada (2000), Health ... hypertension and cardiovascular disease17. Highbirthweight has been identified as a risk ... Low birthweight may be the result of a pre-term birth or restricted foetal (intrauterine) growth. It has been shown that low birthweight due to restricted foetal